This is an analysis of the poem Be Lost In The Call that begins with:

Lord, said David, since you do not need us,
why did you create these two worlds?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bcdefa ggf heh Xea fadf fabc dXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,3,3,3,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110111111 10101111 010001110001 1101010010110100 111010001 11010010010101 010101 011110110101 1100100101010111 11010111 10101001 01010101001 000101111001 1110101 110101011 1011111 11010011 1111000110001 011010111011 1001001011 0100111010 1011010101111 11010111 1011101010101 101010100000100 010111111010 1010101101 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines straw is repeated).

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  • summary of Be Lost In The Call;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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